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mudimba — Out of the Black Cave

Published: 2007-03-24 08:54:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 802; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 37
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Description While climbing El Capitan in Yosemite.

Climber: me
Photographer: Axel
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Comments: 13

Branchewski [2007-04-01 18:30:26 +0000 UTC]

Jesus, I'm scared of heights. This is an awesome perspective .

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mudimba In reply to Branchewski [2007-04-02 21:55:35 +0000 UTC]

I'm usually fine with it. At this particular place though I swung way out from the wall and started slowly spinning in space. You will notice that I was not looking down

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Branchewski In reply to mudimba [2007-04-02 23:43:56 +0000 UTC]

Scary stuff, mate. I wouldn't look down either, but than again, I wouldn't be there in the first place .

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applecorekevin [2007-03-31 00:06:00 +0000 UTC]

knee pads? Man, aide climbing is an entirely different world.

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mudimba In reply to applecorekevin [2007-03-31 00:14:33 +0000 UTC]

Try sitting at a hanging belay for a couple of hours without them

I no longer feel they are needed for leading, but for jugging and belaying they are a life saver.

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mariekevdv [2007-03-27 13:28:20 +0000 UTC]

This one is higher up right?? Very brave

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mudimba In reply to mariekevdv [2007-03-27 20:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Yes, this one is about 2000 feet up. The other one was about 3 feet

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mariekevdv In reply to mudimba [2007-04-02 15:24:30 +0000 UTC]

lol , so now I can definately say it and its true

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jayantib [2007-03-25 12:09:58 +0000 UTC]

crazy mate

unusual angle, tricky shot I guess!
Did you hang only with one arm, shooting with the other ?

(about technical stuff, if you still want some poor advice from me, i would have tried with a wider angle, probably. This would have made the scene even more awesome, increasing the distance of the ground

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mudimba In reply to jayantib [2007-03-25 21:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

I am actually the climber in the picture. I think that it was my friend Axel that took the picture.

A wide angle would definitely have been nice, especially if he could have gotten closer to me so I stayed the same size while the ground was further away. When you are climbing though you have the choice between bringing a nice camera that you will seldom have with you (because you can't carry it when you are climbing), or a point and shoot that can always be in your pocket. In this photo Axel just had a point and shoot, and he was tied into an anchor, so I don't think he had many options.

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jayantib In reply to mudimba [2007-04-04 13:49:50 +0000 UTC]

I understand, crazy conditions and the shot came out pretty well
you seem to be a pretty good climber, by the way!

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mudimba In reply to jayantib [2007-04-04 20:08:50 +0000 UTC]

I'm alright because I've been doing it a fairly long time (it used to be all I could think about), but there are a lot of people who have taken it to whole different levels than I have!

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jayantib In reply to jayantib [2007-03-25 12:12:41 +0000 UTC]

and i forgot: really nice compo, i like the way you dealt with the various "layers", backgroung, foreground, climber

well done

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